Otto BC, Johannsen D (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Edited Volume
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Brill
City/Town: Leiden
Edition: Aries Book Series
To what extent were practitioners of magic inspired by fictional accounts of their art? In how far did the daunting narratives surrounding legendary magicians such as Theophilus of Adana, Cyprianus of Antioch, Johann Georg Faust or Agrippa of Nettesheim rely on real-world events or practices? Fourteen original case studies present material from late antiquity to the twenty-first century and explore these questions in a systematic manner. By coining the notion of ‘fictional practice’, the editors discuss the emergence of novel, imaginative types of magic from the nineteenth century onwards when fiction and practice came to be more and more intertwined or even fully amalgamated. This is the first comparative study that systematically relates fiction and practice in the history of magic.
APA:
Otto, B.-C., & Johannsen, D. (Eds.) (2021). Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of Imagination. Leiden: Brill.
MLA:
Otto, Bernd-Christian, and Dirk Johannsen, eds. Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of Imagination. Leiden: Brill, 2021.
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